Heated seats for 4 seats. We choose heated seats from the cigarette lighter and the vehicle's on-board network. Materials for self-production of heaters

What kind of service is this?

The built-in installation of a heated seat kit is practically a factory option for heated seats. It will not dangle around the seat as in the case of a cape, and “get off” it. The set will not be felt through the seat upholstery, will not be visible at all, and will work reliably. The heating system will not be plugged into the cigarette lighter like a heated seat cover. And the heating of the car seats will be carried out with protection, and you will ultimately get a very comfortable and useful function in the cold season, worthy of having a place in every modern car.

We use proven heating kits and provide a 1 year warranty on the system. It should be noted that installation of heated seats is made using a standard installation kit, which includes a heating element made of carbon material placed between two layers of woven material. It has a high degree of strength as well as good flexibility. The delivery set also includes an electronics unit that provides automatic locking in the event of short circuit systems. The system is monitored and controlled in four-channel mode using convenient control buttons.

The car owner chooses it himself desired mode, especially since it is possible installation of heated rear seats separate from the heated driver's seat. The installation kit comes with the appropriate mounting hardware, a protection relay and a whole bundle of wires, which only experienced electricians can handle. By ordering the service of a mobile electrician, you will be able to avoid additional costs of time and money for dismantling and re-installation if it is carried out incorrectly. self-installation. This service is cheap, and a mobile electrician will save the car owner up to 30% compared to a dealer network of services.

Keep in mind

Installation of heated seats adds comfort to everyone in the car dealership. Warmth is especially beneficial female body, but men should not turn on the heating in constant mode. Of course, heat is therapeutic for osteochondrosis and radiculitis, but it is undesirable for the reproductive sphere of the male body.

Covers made of fabric materials, as well as velor or leatherette, warm up the best. Leather upholstery is more demanding and has a higher heat loss coefficient. It requires a more powerful heating element, which an electrician will select individually.

How important is this?

Before installing the kit, be sure to evenly distribute the heating element and secure it properly to avoid displacement during operation. This is especially important for overweight drivers. The electrician should also check the system for a safety sensor that can automatically shut down the system in the event of a danger. High quality installation of heated seats price The issue is minimal, and the benefits are obvious to everyone.

Manufacturers usually install a heating system for front seats on cars. maximum configuration. The basic versions do not provide such a function, although in temperate climates it is quite in demand. To the owner budget car there is nothing left to do but make the heated seats yourself.

Advanced car enthusiasts practice 3 popular options:

• buy and put on a ready-made heater in the form of a cape or cover;
• purchase an installation kit mounted inside the standard pillows;
• Make your own heating elements from scratch and install them on your car.

Using heating blankets

The easiest way to quickly organize heating of the front seats is to buy a special cover with built-in elements. The product is sewn from dense fabric and equipped with elastic stretchers with metal hooks at the ends. The latter are needed to attach the pad to the seat.

Advantages car accessory are obvious - ease of installation and connection (the heating circuit operates from the cigarette lighter socket), the possibility of quick installation using guy wires hooked to springs. But capes have much more disadvantages:

• frankly unpresentable appearance;
• to charge your phone or connect another gadget to power, the heater plug will have to be removed from the cigarette lighter socket;
• only one of the two chairs is heated;
• heated rear seats are not available.

Overlays also have less significant disadvantages that cause inconvenience. The accessory, held in place by elastic bands, fidgets on the chair cushion and constantly works on full power. Instances with temperature control have a higher price and often fail.

The option with car covers, where heating elements are sewn, is more convenient and reliable, but expensive. The material of the products is genuine leather, various fabrics and so-called eco-leather. The covers are designed for heating the front and rear seats, are equipped with thermostats and are connected to on-board network separately from the cigarette lighter.

In addition to considerable cost, heaters in the form of covers have a second drawback - the complexity of installation. It is better to entrust the tensioning of products and electrical connection to specialists from a specialized car service center.

Installation of factory elements

For almost any car you can purchase a heating installation kit, which includes the following parts:

• heating elements for seats and backrests;
• connecting wires with connectors;
• power buttons;
• temperature controller.

There are 2 types of kits: original, designed for a specific car model, and universal. The latter are selected according to the size of the pillows.

To install such seat heating yourself, it is recommended to completely remove the seats from the car. Then follow these instructions:

1. For convenience, disassemble the sofa into 2 parts, separating the back.
2. Carefully remove the outer trim (the method of fastening depends on the make of the car).
3. Place the heating elements on top of the foam inserts and secure by gluing or in another way provided for in the kit instructions.
4. Stretch and secure the upholstery, assemble the chair and place it back into the cabin. Lead the wires down and lay them under the floor covering to the point where the buttons are mounted.
5. Insert the button blocks into the free space of the center console. Connect the heaters to the on-board network by installing an additional fuse.

It’s easier to install the original set of products yourself - the buttons are made to fit standard sockets with plugs, and the heating inserts fit perfectly to the size of the seats. You will have to tinker with the parts of the universal set - the button blocks need to be embedded into the plastic panel, choosing a convenient place. The protruding edges of the heaters are tucked under the side support elements.

Note. In some cars, it is not necessary to remove the upholstery of the sofas. The design allows you to insert the heater under the cladding from the rear side.

The mass of advantages of such kits is overshadowed by one drawback - not very affordable price quality products. Cheap Chinese copies that fit the sofas of various cars quickly fail, as evidenced by numerous reviews from car enthusiasts.

Materials for self-production of heaters

The cheapest way to get heated car seats is to make it yourself. For production you will need the following materials:

• heating wire;
• heat shrink insulating tube;
• thick fabric;
• connecting wires;
• fuse block, buttons or plug for the cigarette lighter socket.

The main question is which wire to use to make the heater. The simplest option is to buy a ready-made heating cable, but such a solution is associated with financial costs. It is cheaper to make the element yourself using the following materials:

• thin high-resistance wire made of chromium-nickel alloy (in common parlance - nichrome);
• LAN wires – a cable used to connect to the Internet (the second name is twisted pair);
• thin copper wires from any other cables.

The length of the conductor for homemade heating is determined by the resistance of the section. Based on the power of each built-in element of 40 W, we obtain the required resistance of about 4 Ohms at a supply voltage of 12 volts. Connect the first clamp of the multimeter to the end of the wire, and use the second to determine the length of the heating circuit: move the contact until the display shows a value of 4 ohms.

Advice. If the conductor is covered with insulation, calculate the resistivity per 1 m length by measuring the entire section and dividing the reading by the meter. Then tap off the required amount of cable with a tape measure.

If you need to splice pieces of wire together to create the required resistance, connect the ends of the copper strands by soldering. Nichrome wire will have to be selected in one piece, since it can only be connected by welding.

Instructions for installing homemade heating

To install the heating elements yourself, it is better to remove the seats from the car and remove the trim in advance. Also disassemble part of the center console to install buttons and connect wires. Assembly is carried out in this order:

1. Take a thick fabric and cut it to the size of the seat cushions.
2. Lay the previously measured piece of wire in the form of a snake or in zigzags on top of the fabric. For uniform bending, screw the conductor onto 2 nails driven into the board.
3. Cover the improvised heater with a second piece of cloth and connect it to a 12 V power source for testing purposes. If the element is too cold, shorten the length of the circuit; if it is very hot, lengthen it.
4. Sew the heating wire to the top and bottom fabric, bringing the ends out. Solder the connecting wires to them and insulate them with heat shrink tubing.
5. Place the heaters under the trim, assemble the chairs and set them in place.

Connecting heated seats from the cigarette lighter is the simplest solution, since this electrical circuit already protected by a fuse. To avoid occupying the socket with a plug, bring the wires from the inside and attach them to the contacts. Place the buttons and thermostat in any free space on the console, lay the wiring under the carpet.

Homemade heaters are certainly cheap. But how they will perform over many years of operation is unknown. That's why best option– use high-quality factory products, although this entails financial costs.

Car owners spend a huge amount of time behind the wheel of their car, so comfort plays an important role. During frosts, sitting on a cold seat is not the best thing to do, since the standard car heating is not always enough to fully warm up, especially when you need to get into a frozen cabin early in the morning. Heated seats are an excellent solution to this problem.

There are two types of such heating systems: external or external (covers and capes) and built-in (mounted under the upholstery of seats). To figure out which seat heating is better, it’s worth considering the features of these varieties in more detail.

External seat heating

This is the cheapest option, which is most often used by drivers if the car manufacturer has not taken care of heated seats for the car. Covers and capes are equipped with heating elements:

• carbon fiber wiring;
• nichrome spirals covered with a polyvinyl chloride sheath;
• Teflon coated wires;
• Fiber Thermetics thermal fiber.

The power of heating elements of this type ranges from 40 to 100 W with a current consumption of 4-8 Amps. External heaters operate from the cigarette lighter. Some models are equipped with touch or mechanical control panels. The method of fastening the product depends on the type of heater.

Types of external heaters

This type of system is divided into two categories.

"Capes"

Heated front seats of the overhead type are considered the simplest and most affordable. The products are made of rubberized or dense fabric, on which heating elements are attached. Such heating pads can be fixed using special Velcro or elastic bands with hooks. To install a heated seat cover, simply attach the lower hooks to the chair springs yourself. After that, just connect the “cape” to the cigarette lighter.

However, such simple options heaters have a lot of disadvantages:

• Most models do not have temperature controls, which often leads to overheating.
• The product is fixed only with a few hooks or Velcro. Because of this, the cape constantly slips.
• "Capes" don't look very nice.
• The cigarette lighter is constantly busy.
• The rear seats cannot be heated.

Cases

Products of this type can be made from a variety of materials (fabric, natural or artificial leather, eco-leather). They are installed on top of the standard “seats” and connected directly to the on-board system, which is much better than heating the car seats from the cigarette lighter. At the same time, the products can be installed on all seats at once, without thereby disturbing the interior design.

Cases, as a rule, are equipped with additional control panels that allow you to control the heating temperature, thanks to which the risk of overheating is practically eliminated.

However, if we compare heated covers for the front seats of a car and covers, the first type is much easier to install yourself. It's not that easy to put the cover on the seat. In addition, such systems require the installation of control buttons that are embedded in the car panels. It is recommended that this work be entrusted only to auto electricians.

In addition, the cost of covers is much higher. However, it all depends on the chosen model.

The best external seat heating systems

Most often, car owners choose the following products:

There are also special covers that are used for child seats. Among them it is worth highlighting:

In addition to capes and covers, there are also stationary heating systems, which are considered more reliable and durable.

Built-in heating

These elements are installed between the upholstery and the foam layer of car seats. They are made from special mats using nichrome spirals, carbon fiber and thermal fiber. Based on this, there are several features of the built-in heating system:

• Products with nichrome spirals are cheaper, but such elements cannot be built into every chair design. If the system intersects with reinforcement elements, it will have to be adjusted to the required size.
• Carbon fiber and thermal fiber mats can be installed on any chair without any restrictions. If necessary, they can be easily cut and given any shape. However, such models are expensive.

If we talk about the advantages of such systems compared to covers and capes, it is worth highlighting:

• Access to car cigarette lighter. The heating is connected to a separate power supply.
• Hidden connection of the system. There will be no wires dangling under your feet.
• Possibility of outputting the heating system as on rear seats car and the front ones.
• High reliability of the system.
• The presence of a thermostat. Thanks to this, the device will not short-circuit.
• Possibility of installing the power supply in any convenient place.

Among the disadvantages of such systems, we can only highlight quite high cost products. However, you can also find relatively cheap models.

The best built-in systems

To choose high-quality seat heating, you should pay attention to the following brands:

There are no permanent systems for child seats, since such installation of heated seats will be fraught with many difficulties. However, if necessary, you can make a heater for any type of seat yourself.

Do-it-yourself seat heating

In order to make such a system, it is enough to purchase a heating cable. If you want to save even more, then before making heated seats yourself, you can prepare ordinary nichrome wire with a diameter of 0.5 mm. It will act as a heater. After this, all that remains is to sew it onto thick fabric and attach it under the chair. The operation scheme is extremely simple. In order to make a homemade burn you need:

• Divide 3 meters of nichrome into two equal parts (one of them will go to the “seat”, and the second will be needed for the back of the seat).
• Sew it on the fabric with a zigzag (you can use old jeans).
• Connect the completed structure to a 12 V power source.

How to check that everything is working? Very simple. To do this, you need to wait until the wiring starts to heat up. If the seat becomes warm after a few minutes, then everything is fine. If this does not happen and the wire continues to heat up, it is recommended to connect a thermostat or other device to measure resistance.

You need to be careful and avoid overheating. Otherwise, a fire may occur. That is why it is not recommended for those who are far from electricians to independently manufacture such elements.

You can also make the heating a little differently, using the same nichrome wire. Only in this case it will be needed a little more - 10 m. From nichrome you need to form 4 spirals at a distance of 40 mm from each other, curling the wire in “figure eights”. For convenience, it is better to wind spirals on nails driven into the board.

After this, the spirals are connected in parallel and attached to a dense mother (again, you can use jeans). At the next stage, all that remains is to mount the relay and connect the system to the power source.

In conclusion

Before you install heated seats, you should check that it works. Even if we are talking about a ready-made heating system, it is worth connecting it and seeing how intensely the heating occurs before directly installing it on the car seats.

Every time the winter cold again reminds us of additional insulation. Because also ancient people bequeathed to keep my feet warm. But heated seats are not included basic equipment many cars. You'll have to be seriously confused. There are two options: buy this “additional comfort” or make heated car seats yourself. A survey of our closest friends - notorious motorists - shows: the second is more reliable. Purchased heaters are expensive and often break down.

Do it once: think about it and get mentally ready!

Before we begin the list of materials, we decide on what we already have. Here we have three options:

• remake a ready-made but broken heating system;
• make from scratch;
• A costly and troublesome way is to make a heating built into the seat.

It’s much easier with a ready-made rug. There is no need to think about dense thermal insulating fabrics, look for them and sew them on a machine. Everything has already been thought out. All that remains is to replace the heating element.

The heating element built into the seat is always with you in the car. You can display a button on the panel and pretend that it happened. Difficulties sometimes arise with the analysis of the seat itself. And if the bottom is pliable, then the back is much more difficult to disassemble. But he still understands it!

We will take the second option as a basis. It is on its basis that work is built in all cases. Knowing the theory, you can cope with more difficult options.

Do Two: Let's go shopping!

List of materials:

1. Nichrome wire diameter 0.5 mm – 10 meters.
2. The block is thicker.
3. 2 nails.
4. Old jeans.
5. Scissors.
6. Pencil.
7. Sewing machine.
8. Button.
9. Wire.
10. Plug for car cigarette lighter.
11. Connectors.
12. Heat reflector.

Do Three: let's get started!

• Cut out 2 rectangles from old unwanted jeans. They do not necessarily cover the seat surface.
• On one of them we draw how the heating wire will pass: in zigzags or waves. It is better to choose zigzags. This is easier to draw and bend. Although, who cares...

And now our fabric has become noticeably more interesting than before!

Tip: remember the popular television program about remodeling an apartment. Our principle is the same as with the installation of “warm floors”.

• Now the nichrome wire will lie directly according to the drawing.
• First you need to fold it in a zigzag. The fastest way to do this is with a block and nails.
• Drive two nails into a wooden block at a distance of 40 mm.
• Now we consistently and monotonously wind the wire between the nails in a figure eight pattern. Just enough turns to cover the entire pattern.
• Transfer the wire zigzags to the fabric.
• Using a machine we sew each zigzag 2 times. Above and below. The better we fix this design, the safer it will be to use. Attention: if the wires touch somewhere, there will be a short circuit!
• We close our workpiece on top with the second piece of jeans. We sew, leaving a hole for the wires to exit.
• You can sew a thermal reflector on the bottom. This will protect the seat from excessive overheating.
• On top, the most used place, it is better to line it with foam rubber and another layer of thick fabric. This is done so as not to accidentally tear the heating element.
• We finish around the perimeter with a few more lines on the sewing machine.
• Using a connector, we bring the wire through the “window” in the fabric.

We are testing. We need a 12 Volt power supply DC, the same as it will be in the car. You can use your computer's power supply.

In the cold season (winter or autumn - spring, and my wife sometimes turns it on in the summer), heated seats in the car are very convenient. But the only problem is that it is not installed everywhere! Although I believe that seats should be included in the base of all cars produced in Russia, we still have a harsh climate! Well, okay, we bought the car at the dealership, but there are no “warm” seats! What to do? Calm down, you can install them yourself, today I’ll show you which ones are better to install - and also how to do it...

If you add up all the installation options, it becomes clear that there are only four of them:

• External or “cloak” cover.
• Standard, installed on your car in higher trim levels
• Internal or hidden third-party, but factory.
• Internal home-made is an option only for those who understand car electrics.

External or “cloak” - cover

Overhead heating

The easiest way to eat is the easiest one. Probably everyone has seen such heaters in car dealerships. Usually they sell a seat pad like this, photo.

Which you simply buy and wear for any occasion front seat. It is a pad made of rubberized or simply dense fabric, with heating elements inside. They are secured to the seat with special stretchers - rubber bands, with metal hooks. Pull it - attach the hooks at the bottom to the springs of the chair and the heater is ready. Power is supplied from the cigarette lighter, just plug it in and it starts heating, pull it out and it stops. A very primitive option. To be honest, I have not considered such heating - never! Simply because I don’t like him, he looks “collective farm”. There are also some disadvantages:

• The cigarette lighter is constantly busy, and if you have other gadgets that work from it!
• In 90% of cases, there are no temperature adjustments. It can just get as hot as a frying pan.
• Constantly fidgets in the seat and is difficult to secure.
• Difficult (almost impossible) to install on the rear seats.
• I repeat once again - it looks bad!

You know, the price is not always adequate, I personally have seen these for 1000 rubles per seat, I think that this is really expensive (although in most cases, this option is the most budget-friendly, about 300 - 500 rubles per seat). So, if you need it urgently and don’t have time to bother, then you can take it, but if you have time, then you can consider other options.

Heated case

Nowadays, a common option is stretching the interior seats and covers. There are a lot of them, ranging from fabric ones to those made from eco-leather or genuine leather. You can transform the salon and make it more representative.

So the secret here is also simple - heating elements are sewn into such covers, pulled over standard “seats”, and only then connected to the car’s on-board system. The big advantages are that the heating is hidden inside, it is not visible, that is, it fits in harmoniously. It can also be connected immediately to all front and rear seats. Often with such heating comes an adjustable comfort level, that is, you can adjust the temperature - more or less.

However, there are also disadvantages - you are unlikely to tighten these covers with your own hands, because it is better for craftsmen to do this. The cost is high, imagine how much it will cost for just covers made of genuine leather, but you also need to add heating to them! Once again, professional auto electricians or simply knowledgeable car enthusiasts must connect and embed the buttons, otherwise you can burn the car.

This option is certainly better, but also not very desirable. I will say this recently, a friend of mine reupholstered the interior of a KIA RIO with heated eco-leather covers. The covers themselves cost about 12,000 rubles + installation and connection another 6,500 rubles. Total almost 20,000 rubles. Not a little!

Standard heating, installed on your car in high trim levels

This is probably the most best option, for example, in some foreign cars the “base” does not have heating, although in the “high” trim levels it is. You just need to purchase it and install it yourself, this can be easily done either from official dealer, or from sellers original spare parts. I want to warn you right away - as a rule, no complicated dances with a tambourine are required, because both the fuse box and the wiring will already be installed from the factory, you just have to connect the elements themselves and thermostats.

Of course, the only difficulty will be removing the seat trim, but now you will find a lot of instructions on the forums, I think this is not a problem at all.

Next, we simply glue it onto the foam rubber and put the standard covers back on - we cut in the buttons - we run the necessary wires, and the heating is all ready. The procedure is done by hand in half a day. If you look at the money, it turns out that for two front seats, two elements cost about 3,000 – 5,000 rubles, it all depends on the class of the car + wires and buttons, that’s about another 2,000 – 3,000 rubles. Total for an ordinary foreign car of class “B – C” is about 5,000 – 8,000 rubles.

Third-party, but factory heating

Okay, but what if there is no standard heating? What to do then? Calm down, you can buy a third-party factory one, now ours is highly praised Russian company"EMELYA" is designed for almost any car.

The main thing is to choose the size of the “seat”; it is important to understand that you do not need to heat the entire place, but strictly in the center, the side pillows (not installed for support).

The principle is also simple - we remove the standard seat covers, lay and glue the mats - then we put on the covers and connect them to the electrical system. You can do everything yourself, the kit costs about 2000 - 2500 rubles, for two seats (back + lower part). A short video, let's watch.

Homemade, do it yourself

In modern heating, the so-called heating cable (or mats) is used, which are now widely available. Sometimes, they even simply take nichrome wire and use it as a heating element. So, with the help of these elements you can make heating yourself, in the literal sense of the word.

For example, the cable can be sewn onto fabric and attached under the seat. The mats are generally ready for installation.

The idea is not new. I'll look at perhaps the most interesting one with wire.

• We take 3 meters of wire and divide it in half, 1.5 for the “seat”, 1.5 for the back.

• We sew it on a piece of fabric; even old jeans will do. The most successful way is a zigzag.

• Next, connect to 12V and check, the wire will begin to slowly heat up, and after about 3-5 minutes the seat will be warm, not fiery, but warm.